RELATIVE 6 FREEDOM CONTROL METHOD OF ARTIFICIAL SATELLITE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve a problem that a mountable amount of a thrust agent determines a life of a mission since a thrust system actuator has controlled a relative attitude and a relative position, that a risk such as explosion of the thrust agent is generated and that an orientation or a mounted position of a thruster becomes a problem. SOLUTION: This artificial satellite A controls its attitude so that an instructed orientation is held against an inertial space using an attitude detection sensor 11a and a wheel 12a and generates an alternating current magnetic field to be a standard of an alternating current magnetic field generating device 13a. An artificial satellite B generates a rectilinear force and a rotary force of the satellite B against the satellite A by synchronizing or displacing the phase or magnitude of an alternating current magnetic field generating device 13b according to the distance and angle of an identification plate 14 on the satellite A measured using a relative position/relative attitude detection sensor 15 so that they become specified distance and angle in order to give feedback control. The satellite B uses attitude control using both the attitude detection sensor 11b and the wheel 12b in order to control the relative attitude. COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO